diff --git a/tests/unit/test_finder.py b/tests/unit/test_finder.py
index 7a0035f92f6..715861720b2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_finder.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_finder.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import logging
+import os.path
 import sys
 
 import pytest
 from mock import Mock, patch
+from pip._vendor.six.moves.urllib import request as urllib_request
 from pkg_resources import Distribution, parse_version
 
 import pip._internal.pep425tags
@@ -552,3 +554,53 @@ def test_find_all_candidates_find_links_and_index(data):
     versions = finder.find_all_candidates('simple')
     # first the find-links versions then the page versions
     assert [str(v.version) for v in versions] == ['3.0', '2.0', '1.0', '1.0']
+
+
+def test_find_link_path(data):
+    """A find-links path pointing to an HTML file should be used.
+    """
+    find_links = os.path.join(data.packages3, "dinner", "index.html")
+    finder = PackageFinder.create([find_links], [], [], session=PipSession())
+    req = install_req_from_line('dinner', None)
+    link = finder.find_requirement(req, False)
+    assert link.url.endswith("Dinner-2.0.tar.gz")
+
+
+def test_find_link_url(data):
+    """A find-links URL pointing to an HTML file should be used.
+    """
+    find_links = "{}/dinner/index.html".format(data.find_links3.rstrip("/"))
+    finder = PackageFinder.create([find_links], [], [], session=PipSession())
+    req = install_req_from_line('dinner', None)
+    link = finder.find_requirement(req, False)
+    assert link.url.endswith("Dinner-2.0.tar.gz")
+
+
+def test_find_link_url_not_exist(caplog, tmpdir, data):
+    """A find-links file: URL that does not exist should be ignored.
+    """
+    find_links_exist = "{}/dinner/index.html".format(
+        data.find_links3.rstrip("/"),
+    )
+    find_links_notexist = "file:///{}".format(
+        urllib_request.pathname2url(tmpdir.join("doesnotexist")).lstrip("/"),
+    )
+    finder = PackageFinder.create(
+        [find_links_notexist, find_links_exist], [], [],
+        session=PipSession(),
+    )
+    req = install_req_from_line('dinner', None)
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING):
+        link = finder.find_requirement(req, False)
+
+    assert link.url.endswith("Dinner-2.0.tar.gz")
+
+    record_tuple = (
+        "pip._internal.index",
+        logging.WARNING,
+        "Url '{}' is ignored: it is neither a file nor a directory.".format(
+            find_links_notexist,
+        ),
+    )
+    assert record_tuple in caplog.record_tuples
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_index.py b/tests/unit/test_index.py
index ac1e45073d3..c5bce0bbab9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_index.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_index.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import logging
-import os.path
 import sys
 
 import pytest
@@ -38,38 +37,6 @@ def test_init__py_version_default(self):
         assert evaluator._py_version == sys.version[:index]
 
 
-def test_sort_locations_file_expand_dir(data):
-    """
-    Test that a file:// dir gets listdir run with expand_dir
-    """
-    finder = PackageFinder.create([data.find_links], [], session=PipSession())
-    files, urls = finder._sort_locations([data.find_links], expand_dir=True)
-    assert files and not urls, (
-        "files and not urls should have been found at find-links url: %s" %
-        data.find_links
-    )
-
-
-def test_sort_locations_file_not_find_link(data):
-    """
-    Test that a file:// url dir that's not a find-link, doesn't get a listdir
-    run
-    """
-    finder = PackageFinder.create([], [], session=PipSession())
-    files, urls = finder._sort_locations([data.index_url("empty_with_pkg")])
-    assert urls and not files, "urls, but not files should have been found"
-
-
-def test_sort_locations_non_existing_path():
-    """
-    Test that a non-existing path is ignored.
-    """
-    finder = PackageFinder.create([], [], session=PipSession())
-    files, urls = finder._sort_locations(
-        [os.path.join('this', 'doesnt', 'exist')])
-    assert not urls and not files, "nothing should have been found"
-
-
 class TestLink(object):
 
     def test_splitext(self):